Promises Quotes
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"Sometimes people don’t understandthe promises they’re making when they make them,” I said.Isaac shot me a look. “Right, of course.But you keep the promise anyway. That’swhat love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway. Don’t you believe in true love?"
"Go for it, while you can. I know you have it in you. And I can't promise you'll get everything you want, but I can promise nothing will change if you don't try."
"The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you."
"Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway."
"A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception."
"A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise."
"Words can be twisted into any shape. Promises can be made to lull the heart and seduce the soul. In the final analysis, words mean nothing. They are labels we give things in an effort to wrap our puny little brains around their underlying natures, when ninety-nine percent of the time the totality of the reality is an entirely different beast. The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them."
"Never marry when under the guise you need to 'see if it'll work', but rather marry because in your mind you want to make it work."
"Romance is a tender kiss with a lingering promise of more to come."
"I heard you were a player , okay , lets play a game.We'll flirt, play fights, talk 24/7, say goodmorning and goodnight every day, give each other nicknames, hang out, talk on the phone for hours, take cute pictures together, make promises to each other and hold each other.And whoever falls in love first, loses."
"I'm still looking for someoneWho said they were here for me,And I thought I was once there for you.But when troubles are nearer than friends,And the road comes to an end,What could I do?I wish I could fly away like you."
"I have both the violent turbulence of the storm and the quiet promises of God in the storm. And what I must work to remember is that something is not necessarily stronger simply because it’s louder."
"Do not turn me intorestless watersif you cannot promiseto be my stream."
"With God, the fear of failure is slain cold by success that is already hot on the way."
"People make promises that they have every intention of keeping at the time but when it comes to cashing in, suddenly the promise loses all value."
"OK then, picture daddy; whenever you’re afraid just close your eyes and picture me. I’ll be all that exists in your world and I promise to protect you."
"Keep your promises and never be late in acting. Act right and do the right things at the right time."
Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
"Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be."Foolhardy?" Kelsier asked with a laugh. "that wasn't foolhardy - that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things I'm planning to do!Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. "By the Lord Ruler, it's good to have you back, kell! I'm afraid I've grown rather boring during the last few years""We'll fix that" Kelsier promised."
"The point is, Jenna, no one is normal or perfect like that house you see across the street. Everyone suffers from their own struggles, whether they’re big or small."
"Often, we speak too hastily. We claim ideals and embrace images and dreams of fantasy. We make promises without thinking about the consequences."
"There is nothing God loves more that keeping promises, answering prayers, performing miracles, and fulfilling dreams."
Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears
"She was every inch the skeletal goddess that had been promised by the bones of her feet."
"To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them."
"Voting is not a right. It is a method used to determine which politician was most able to brainwash you."
"Men love pleasure, but women wish for purposeful promise."
"The promises of God hold up long after the promises of the world have blown up."
"Sometimes the reason God doesn't show up to win your battles is because he already put inside of you the power to end it."
"Leaders succeed or fail depending on whether or not they clarify role expectations and keep their promises."
"When we step into positions of leadership, we make a whole set of promises we may not know we are making."
"Oh my dear! No matter where you are, I will be with you either in person or in my heart."
"To love somebody is not just a strong feeling -- it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise," writes psychologist Erich Fromm. "If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision?"
"My heart is broken; my spirit’s gone,I broke my lover’s heart, I made promises, I broke them all.The end was near, I’ve crossed to the other side,My heart is broken, my spirit’s gone,I made promises, I broke them all."
"People are going to break promises, and they will have every right to till the point you realize that you don't change plans based on someone else's words."
"Sometimes there's nothing you can do. Maybe sometimes promises had to be broken. Maybe sometimes you were doomed to failure from the start, no matter how hard you fought. But acknowledging your own helplessness was no consolation - if anything, it just made you feel worse."
"People who live up to their words shouldn't make blind promises."
"Sometimes your pledges become your problems."
"Tell them I came, and no one answered,That I kept my word," he said.Never the least stir made the listeners,Though every word he spakeFell echoing through the shadowiness of the still houseFrom the one man left awake:Ay, they heard his foot upon the stirrup,And the sound of iron on stone,And how the silence surged softly backward,When the plunging hoofs were gone."
"Keep all your promises, don't take what doesn't belong to you, and always look after those less fortunate than yourself, and you'll do well in the world."
"The world promises you so much...and leaves you empty. God's promises are for real and forever."
"Some people think they can just decree that everything will be fine. The world doesn’t work like that. I’m not sure the world gives a crap about anyone’s promises, well-meaning or otherwise. Sometimes the Universe just takes what it wants."
"She was always looking for guarantees in a world of none."
"The best promises forever seem to be made by amnesiacs."
"It is OK to say 'no'.It is OK to say 'I will think about it'.It is OK to say 'I will try'.It is NOT OK to make promises you cannot keep."
"And truths, these days, are spokenThe same way promises are made,With gritted teeth and crossed fingers."
"What we needed were not words and promises but the steady accumulation of small realities."
"Life makes two promises, one, it promises to be good, and two, it promises to be bad. Cherish the good and be strong during the bad."
"It was only by faith in Christ that they could secure pardon of sin and receive strength to obey God's law. They must cease to rely upon their own efforts for salvation, they must trust wholly in the merits of the promised Saviour, if they would be accepted of God."
"If you value your words, people will not ask you to make any promises."
"Never. I promise you this: they will stay together. They will be safe. My children will be accompanying them to the same home."
"She hadn’t dreamed a time would ever come when someone might want to emulate her talk or behavior. Consequently, it made her feel tight and strange inside to hear her words on the kid’s lips. A small part of her was astonished and secretly flattered. But a larger part was appalled."
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